Nick's Rage Against the Machine Spot

[Mairzie Dotes]

Nickillus,
Can't stop looking at and admiring your work. Exceptional beauty
in design, palette choices and detailing. Quite professional artistry
in every respect and if you might consider rubbing some off and
sending it my way ... I would greatly appreciate it!

[zerogeek]

Just got my current issue of ImagineFX. This month shows Nick's workspace - wow... couldn't see his desk

[Nickillus]

Hey thanks guys.
Been totally under the thumb with work recently, and so apologies for the lack of response. Also been having to use Painter for one job - spit, curse (it was requested). So easy to forget how nice AR is until you find yourself back in another sofware.

Zerogeek - Yep, I'm a messy one - Except that's the old set up now. My old HP1220C A3 printer went and died on me, after many years faithful service. Hunted around and got an ex-display HP 700a from Ebay. It's another A3 but with a built in A4 scanner that comes with sofware to stitch scans together for potential A3 capability. The good thing about that is it means I've managed to take out . . . .

1- an Epson A3 scanner that I bought second hand and never got to work with my system (I think it's fine but XP-Pro didn't like the scsi interface)

2- an Epson A3 printer (that I never got to work properly - think the print head needs replacing)

3- an HP5400c A4 scanner (that was great, but buried - as you might guess from those photos - haha)

4 - and the1220C printer.

SO four units out and one unit in = more space - hoorah.

OK it's still messy but it is better - honest. I'll take a photo some time soon and show you.

[Caesar]

You need an urgent and powerful blessing, dear Nick! What about Lourdes? Seriously I'm really sorry for this demo of the Murphy Law eluding all odds ...

[Nickillus]

Meanwhile I've actually gotten to play in AR again a bit. Text done in Drawplus for the ease and speed of warping it, but the rest of the daft sketch in AR. Super-Sexy - Sexy-Super. Yep, ideas based on awful wordplay again.

Hey Caesar - apart from a grotty cold, my luck is fine at the moment. Lots to be thankful for as always. Hope it's the same for you and every body else here as well of course.

EDIT - There's a really nice friendly challenge just starting over at CGHub, in conjunction with the dynamic Bobby Chiu - Fairytales with a twist. It goes on for several months so there's plenty of time to get involved - using AR to have loads of fun and making some more new friends and maybe 'converts'.

[Arjen Vriezekolk]

Have to finish my Rapunzel in a hurry then....!

Very nice work as ever Nick......

Regards,

Arjen Vriezekolk

www.vriezekolk.nl

[Caesar]

Everytime You post here someone of Your new illustration or sketch, dear Nick, it's a real event I appreciate and celebrate. Glad to know everything's fine with You!
Thank You for sharing Your art!

[Nickillus]

Go for it Arjen - Look forward to seeing you over there.
Thanks as always Caesar - ever the good friend.

Couple more doodles as I flounder about to settle on something.

[Juz]

LOL Wonderful Nick love that sexy super , really enjoyed these corrupted fairy tales too

[Nickillus]

Thanks Juz. All fun stuff to do. Why don't you take a stroll over the GHub and see whether you feel like playing along? It's a nice place like here - but with a slightly different flavour. All good. Plenty of room for both.